| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physics | 
| Year: | 1965 | 
| Number: | 94 - 0 | 
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| Nominee 1: 
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| Name: | James A Van Allen | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1914 | 
| Year, Death: | 2006 | 
| Profession: | Space scientist | 
| University: | Iowa State University | 
| City: | Iowa City | 
| State: | IA | 
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) | 
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| Nominee 2: 
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| Name: | Hannes  Alfvén | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1908 | 
| Year, Death: | 1995 | 
| Profession: | Professor | 
| University: | KTH Royal Institute of Technology | 
| City: | Stockholm | 
| Country: | SWEDEN (SE) | 
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1970 | 
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| Nominator: 
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| Name: | E  Vassy | 
| City: | Paris | 
| Country: | FRANCE (FR) | 
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| Comments: | First choice: J.A. van Allen. Second choice: Hannes Alfvén. | 
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